Mary Katrantzou Spring 2011

Had Mary Katrantzou’s Spring 2011 presentation not featured her trademark vibrant prints I would’ve been very disappointed.

She didn’t let me down.

Her energetic prints and structured pieces lit up the former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo station this morning.

The show was titled “C’est ci nes pas une Chambre” (This is not a room).

It takes its cue from the surrealist world of Rene Magreitte and inspiration from the graphic interior sets of Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton iconic fashion shoots, to the inner environments found in Architectural digest.

It was like Mary stripped that room to create this collection.

A window frame is focus point on the bodice of each piece creating strong shoulders and providing a great view.

Curtains are used to add flowing movement to structured dress.

Victorian lampshades created tge most beautiful skirts with dangling beaded and crystal details.

OMG this was a beautiful show, I love her use of the window to create a pictorial space, and it’s not just a surrealist influence, it has a renaissance feel to it too (I’m thinking of the many paintings Titian did with young courtiers leaning on a window frame and looking out to a landscape beyond, and of, despite all the color and graphic details, the strong sense of balance she has put to everything). The clothes are like stage sets become dresses, I really love her work and of course, Anna would be there, the collection is perfectly suited to her, Chloe Sev could wear it too.

I also love the jewellery, as per usual. As far as I know her jewellery is made (or somethinng like that) by her parents. I am finding it impossible to find a single aspect I do not like of this collection.